Ted Kooser, U.S. poet laureate (2004–6) and winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, is an emeritus presidential professor of English at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He is the author of dozens of books, including Kindest Regards: New and Selected … Continue reading Excerpt: Cotton Candy
Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt is emerita vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college and professor emerita of anthropology at Agnes Scott College. She is the author of numerous books, including Franz Boas: The Emergence of the Anthropologist (Nebraska, 2019) and American Folklore … Continue reading Excerpt: Franz Boas: Shaping Anthropology and Fostering Social Justice
Geoffrey D. Kimball is an independent scholar. He is the author of Koasati Dictionary (Nebraska, 1994), Koasati Grammar (Nebraska, 1991), and translator of Kosati Traditional Narratives (Nebraska, 2010). His new book Yukhíti Kóy (Nebraska, 2022) is now available. Introduction The Atakapa language is attested … Continue reading Excerpt: Yukhíti Kóy
Michael Weeks is a lecturer of history at Utah Valley University. His book Cattle Beet Capital (Nebraska, 2022) is now available. From the Introduction Few companies in the American West articulate the agricultural transformations of the twentieth century more completely than … Continue reading Excerpt: Cattle Beet Capital
Susan Elizabeth Ramírez is the Neville G. Penrose Chair of History and Latin American Studies at Texas Christian University. She is the author of several books, including To Feed and Be Fed: The Cosmological Bases of Authority and Identity in the Andes and A History … Continue reading Excerpt: In Praise of the Ancestors
Gerald R. Gems is a professor emeritus of kinesiology at North Central College. He is the author and editor of several books, including Before Jackie Robinson: The Transcendent Role of Black Sporting Pioneers (Nebraska, 2017) and The Athletic Crusade: Sport and American Cultural Imperialism (Nebraska, … Continue reading Excerpt: Sports and Aging
Derek Moscato is an associate professor of journalism at Western Washington University. The following is an excerpt from his book Dirt Persuasion (Nebraska, 2022). Chapter One: A Pipeline Runs Through It Nearly three hours west of Omaha, in the heart of … Continue reading Excerpt: Dirt Persuasion
Samantha M. Williams is a writer and historian who focuses on the history of the Native American boarding school system. She earned a PhD in history from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and served as a research consultant for the … Continue reading Excerpt: Assimilation, Resilience, and Survival
Alan Knight is emeritus professor of the history of Latin America at the University of Oxford. He is a renowned scholar of Mexican history, and his books have won awards such as the American Historical Association’s Beveridge Prize and the Bolton … Continue reading Excerpt: Bandits and Liberals, Rebels and Saints
John Goodwin received his PhD in History from Arizona State University. He is a Subject Expert Teacher at BASIS Phoenix in Arizona. He teaches U.S. history, Native American history, and an interdisciplinary research and writing course. His new book, Without … Continue reading From the Desk of John Goodwin: Leadership in Native Intellectual Activism
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